Geoff Toovey

Geoffrey Toovey

Personal information
Nickname	Tooves
Born	(1969-06-17) 17 June 1969 (age 47) Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Height	168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Weight	70 kg (11 st 0 lb)
Playing information
Position	Halfback, Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1988–99 Manly Sea Eagles 238 35 0 0 140 2000–01 Northern Eagles 48 0 0 5 5 Total 286 35 0 5 145 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 1990–97 NSW City 4 0 0 0 0 1990–00 New South Wales 16 0 0 0 0 1991–98 Australia 13 0 0 0 0
Coaching information
Club Years Team Gms W D L W% 2012–15 Manly Sea Eagles 105 61 1 43 58 2017– Bradford Bulls 11 5 6 0 45 Total 116 66 7 43 57
As of 20 January 2017 Source: Rugby League Project

Geoffrey "Geoff" Toovey (born 17 June 1969 in Sydney, New South Wales) is the head coach of the Bradford Bulls and former player of the late 1980s, 1990s and early 2000s. He was educated at Davidson High School. Toovey played halfback for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, then played as a hooker later in his career at the Northern Eagles. He played 286 first-grade matches in all, and captained Manly to the 1996 ARL premiership and the 1995 and 1997 grand finals. He played in 13 international matches for Australia between 1991 and 1998. Toovey is the former head coach of Manly-Warringah. He is a Chartered Accountant and a member of the board of the National Roads and Motorists' Association.

Toovey debuted for the New South Wales Blues in 1990, and was selected for the Australian teams end-of-season tour of Papua New Guinea in 1991 where he made his test debut for the Kangaroos, playing in all four games on tour including both tests against the Papua New Guinea Kumuls.

During the 1995 season at the commencement of the Super League war, Toovey again played State of Origin for NSW, though the team suffered a 3-0 loss to Queensland who were coached by his former Manly team mate Paul Vautin. With the non-selection of Super League players, Toovey was recalled to the Australian team for the first time since 1991 in the 3-0 Trans-Tasman series win over New Zealand in 1995. At the end of the season in which Manly finished as minor premiers but beaten Grand Finalists, he was selected in the Australian squad for the 1995 Rugby League World Cup, playing in the Kangaroos 16-8 win over host nation England in the World Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Although selected at halfback for the game, coach bob Fulton only played Toovey in the position during scrums and utilised his speed off the mark by playing him at dummy-half in general play with Andrew Johns (named at hooker) assuming the halfback role.